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UNITED STATES GEORGE W. RENNOLDS, OF INALDRON, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURN-POWE-S.

l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146.4 74, datedJanuary 13, 1874; application filed october 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. RENNoLns, of Waldron, in the county ofPlatte and State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Uhuru-Powers, and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a sectional view of mychurn-power. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The object of my invention is to obtain a churn-power which can beadjusted upon or removed from a supporting-standard secured permanentlyto a churn-cover, for the purpose of allowing the said power to beeasily detached from a standard on a small churn-cover and properlyadjusted on a corresponding standard fixed to a larger cover, therebyutilizing a single power for any number and kind of churns. The natureof my invention eonsists in the combination of a T-shaped standard,permanently secured to a churn-cover, with a horizontally-adjustableframe carrying a large spurred driving-wheel on a pinion, on the shaftof which is a removable socket for receiving the upper end of a dashrod, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following is a description of my improvement In the annexeddrawings, A represents a churn-cover, through the center of which is ahole surrounded by a funnel, d, through which fa vertical dasher-rod, B,passes freely. O designates a standard, which is shaped like the capitalletter T, and which is permanently secured to the top of the cover atany point thereon. D represents a horizontal frame,

composed of two plates arranged' in planes parallel to each other, andsecurely united at their ends by bolts and nuts. The frame D is securedrigidly, but adjustably, upon the T- shaped standard C by means of abolt and nut, c, which bolt passes through an oblong Slot, b, throughthe bottom plate a of this frame, as shown in Irig. l. Lateraldisplacement of the frame D is prevented by means of a tenen, n, on thestandard O, fitting into an oblong groove, n', in the bottom of theplate a. The -frame D affords bearings for the shafts j c of twospur-wheels, h, f. The

shaft j of wheel h is stepped into the plate a,

can be adjusted longitudinally, and that, by y removing the said nut,frame D can be detached from the standard O. A very nice ad justinentcan thus be made. It is important to set the shaft B exactlyperpendicular tothe cover A, and to maintain this shaft in suchposition. It is also important to have the frame D adjust-able, as setforth, for the purpose of using it on standards applied to ,differ entchurn-covers where the standards are fixed at different distances fromthe holes through such covers.

By my improvement the standards C can be secured at the most desirablepoints on covers, and compensation can be made for the shrinking andswelling thereof.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy Theframe D, carrying spimwheels h j", crank j', and sash-rod socket g, andadjustably secured by a slot and a bolt to a T-shaped y standard, whichis permanently secured to a churn-cover, as herein described and shown.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my nameinthe presence of two witnesses. l

GEORGE W. RENNOLDS. Witnesses:

GEO. W. NOLAND,

J onN FLEMING.

